True, but it's used popularly as a generic digesting algorithm, without any connection to crypto, and people may not consider that when deciding whether to compile in something that simply looks like SSL support.

 Issac

Justin Erenkrantz wrote:
On 1/2/07, Issac Goldstand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If you do this, it might be a smart idea to write in the README and/or
INSTALL and/or configure hints that it's worthwhile to link against
OpenSSL even if you're not planning on using any crypto features, in
order to benefit from this.

Well, MD5 *is* crypto.  =P  -- justin

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